The End of the World, Hollywood-style

May 20, 2011

20th Century Fox

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If Nature doesn't get us, the Machines will. The "Matrix" trilogy offered one vision of how computers ultimately turn the table on humanity. Here, enslaved humans live out their lives in a virtual reality while their bodies' electrical output powers the machine civilization. Pictured: Heroic human Neo (Keanu Reeves) battles digital enemy Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) and his army of doppelgangers (above left) while non-humanoid Sentinels hunt human rebels in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).

20th Century Fox

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If Nature doesn't get us, the Machines will. The "Matrix" trilogy offered one vision of how computers ultimately turn the table on humanity. Here, enslaved humans live out their lives in a virtual reality while their bodies' electrical output powers the machine civilization. Pictured: Heroic human Neo (Keanu Reeves) battles digital enemy Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) and his army of doppelgangers (above left) while non-humanoid Sentinels hunt human rebels in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).